The inventor of the Segway first invented a far superior stair-climbing wheelchair, the iBOT, way back in 2003, but it was regulated out of existence. http://w

The inventor of the Segway first invented a far superior stair-climbing wheelchair, the iBOT, way back in 2003, but it was regulated out of existence. http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/02/11/ibot-discontinued-unfortunate-disabled-perhaps-budding-robotics-opportunity http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/02/11/ibot-discontinued-unfo... However, the FDA recently reclassified it so it may be put back into production within a couple of years. http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/MedicalDevices/MedicalDevicesAdvisoryCommittee/OrthopaedicandRehabilitationDevicesPanel/UCM378315.pdf http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMe...